Your membership sustains the DSpace, Fedora and VIVO Projects by funding: TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP SUSTAINABILITY PLANNING FUNDRAISING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS COLLABORATIONS AND STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS ADMINISTRATION Become a member at one of four different levels–each with complimentary benefits*: Bronze Member–$2,500** • Organizations will receive advanced news of project announcements and activities • Project Member logo for member use • Institution name and link on the DuraSpace and Project web sites • Eligible to vote on an at-large member representative to the DuraSpace board • Annual membership summit/strategic forum for DuraSpace projects; presentations and networking with leaders from prominent institutions and community projects Silver Member–$5,000 All of the above benefits plus • Institution name, logo and link on the DuraSpace and Project web sites • 10% discount to new members on first year of either DSpaceDirect or DuraCloud for first year of sponsorship • Discounted registration at project training events Gold Member–$10,000 All of the above benefits plus • Preferred access (advance registration) to DuraSpace professional development opportunities and annual DuraSpace Summit • Two seats at the annual membership summit/strategic forum for DuraSpace projects • Eligible to play a role in project governance, as defined by each project’s governance policy Platinum–$20,000 or more All of the above benefits plus • Eligible for one seat on Project Leadership Group * Each project has defined governance policies and benefits related to membership levels. ** Bronze Membership discount is available to institutions from developing countries. For more information please contact Debra Hanken Kurtz, DuraSpace Chief Executive Officer [email protected] • www.duraspace.org Your open access, open source and open data partner R esearch organizations, libraries, archives and museums are positioned to take advantage of the emerging community developed open access, open source and open data ecosystem. DuraSpace is proud to be your partner in supporting projects that are part of the landscape of scholarship serving current and future generations by providing permanent access to our shared digital heritage. “Understanding and acting on the critical trends affecting academic library progress is essential. Translating those trends into bold and systemic change is imperative.” —Jim Neal, University Librarian Emeritus, Columbia University “Shared, open source projects allow our institutions to create the tools and services we need at a cost we can afford. DuraSpace provides the sustainable organizational framework to make these projects possible.” —Dean Krafft, Chief Technology Strategist and Director of Information Technology, Cornell University Library How DuraSpace supports projects DuraSpace works collaboratively with organizations that use DSpace, Fedora and VIVO to advance the design, development and sustainability of these platforms. As a non-profit, we provide services that include technical leadership, sustainability planning, fundraising, community development, marketing and communications, collaborations and strategic partnerships and administration. Why we need YOUR support It is only through the support of our members that we continue to advance the DSpace, Fedora and VIVO community source projects to meet evolving needs. With a combined installed user base of more than 2,000, your financial commitment keeps our community source projects strong. As a DuraSpace member you become a partner in project governance with a voice in ensuring that DuraSpace projects continue to serve the global communities that depend on them. Your membership dollars can be directed to any of our projects. Join us in this critical mission by becoming a DuraSpace member. “DuraSpace provides valuable and cost-effective ways to preserve vitally important scholarly content using common, open source platforms.” — Paul Courant, Harold T. Shapiro Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Professor of Economics and Professor of Information, University of Michigan; President, DuraSpace Board of Directors
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